Name: American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Released: 2007
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 2	#1	$15.9M		—	$15.9M	3,054	$5K	1
Sat Nov 3	#1	$17.7M	+11%	—	$33.5M	3,054	$6K	2
Sun Nov 4	#2	$10.0M	-43%	—	$43.6M	3,054	$3K	3
Mon Nov 5	#1	$3.6M	-64%	—	$47.1M	3,054	$1K	4
Tue Nov 6	#1	$3.5M	-1%	—	$50.7M	3,054	$1K	5
Wed Nov 7	#1	$2.9M	-17%	—	$53.6M	3,054	$960	6
Thu Nov 8	#1	$2.8M	-6%	—	$56.4M	3,054	$904	7
Fri Nov 9	#1	$7.2M	+160%	-55%	$63.5M	3,059	$2K	8
Sat Nov 10	#2	$10.2M	+42%	-42%	$73.8M	3,059	$3K	9
Sun Nov 11	#2	$6.6M	-35%	-34%	$80.4M	3,059	$2K	10
Mon Nov 12	#3	$2.9M	-56%	-18%	$83.3M	3,059	$955	11
Tue Nov 13	#1	$1.6M	-46%	-55%	$84.9M	3,059	$520	12
Wed Nov 14	#1	$1.5M	-9%	-50%	$86.4M	3,059	$474	13
Thu Nov 15	#1	$1.4M	-2%	-48%	$87.8M	3,059	$465	14
Fri Nov 16	#2	$3.9M	+172%	-46%	$91.6M	3,111	$1K	15
Sat Nov 17	#3	$5.8M	+51%	-43%	$97.5M	3,111	$2K	16
Sun Nov 18	#3	$3.2M	-46%	-52%	$100.7M	3,111	$1K	17
Mon Nov 19	#2	$1.1M	-65%	-62%	$101.8M	2,814	$392	18
Tue Nov 20	#4	$1.3M	+18%	-18%	$103.1M	2,814	$464	19
Wed Nov 21	#9	$1.5M	+19%	+7%	$104.6M	2,814	$550	20
Thu Nov 22	#8	$1.9M	+25%	+35%	$106.5M	2,814	$685	21
Fri Nov 23	#8	$3.6M	+87%	-7%	$110.1M	2,814	$1K	22
Sat Nov 24	#8	$3.6M	+1%	-38%	$113.8M	2,814	$1K	23
Sun Nov 25	#9	$1.8M	-51%	-43%	$115.6M	2,814	$636	24
Mon Nov 26	#7	$504K	-72%	-54%	$116.1M	2,814	$179	25
Tue Nov 27	#8	$504K	n/c	-61%	$116.6M	2,814	$179	26
Wed Nov 28	#7	$476K	-6%	-69%	$117.0M	2,799	$170	27
Thu Nov 29	#8	$420K	-12%	-78%	$117.5M	2,799	$150	28
Fri Nov 30	#10	$1.3M	+218%	-63%	$118.8M	2,693	$495	29
Sat Dec 1	#10	$1.9M	+41%	-48%	$120.7M	2,693	$701	30
Sun Dec 2	#11	$1.0M	-45%	-42%	$121.7M	2,693	$385	31
Mon Dec 3	#9	$311K	-70%	-38%	$122.0M	2,699	$115	32
Tue Dec 4	#8	$339K	+9%	-33%	$122.4M	2,699	$125	33
Wed Dec 5	#7	$325K	-4%	-32%	$122.7M	2,699	$120	34
Thu Dec 6	#8	$323K	n/c	-23%	$123.0M	2,699	$119	35
Fri Dec 7	#11	$699K	+116%	-48%	$123.7M	2,133	$327	36
Mon Dec 10	#11	$233K		-25%	$125.8M	2,133	$109	39
Tue Dec 11	#10	$245K	+5%	-28%	$126.0M	2,133	$114	40
Wed Dec 12	#11	$234K	-4%	-28%	$126.3M	2,133	$109	41
Thu Dec 13	#11	$235K	n/c	-27%	$126.5M	2,133	$110	42
Tue Jan 1		$72K			$129.2M	307	$235	61
Mon Jan 21	#36	$22K			$130.0M	213	$105	81
Tue Jan 22		$13K	-43%		$130.0M	213	$60	82
Wed Jan 23	#23	$12K	-8%		$130.0M	213	$55	83
Thu Jan 24		$13K	+9%		$130.0M	213	$60	84
Fri Jan 25		$28K	+120%		$130.1M	172	$164	85
Sat Jan 26		$45K	+58%		$130.1M	172	$260	86
Sun Jan 27		$28K	-38%		$130.1M	172	$160	87
Mon Jan 28		$10K	-62%	-54%	$130.1M	172	$60	88
Tue Jan 29		$9K	-8%	-26%	$130.1M	172	$55	89
Wed Jan 30		$9K	-9%	-27%	$130.2M	172	$50	90
Thu Jan 31		$9K	-1%	-33%	$130.2M	172	$49	91

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 2-4	1	$43.6M	—	$43.6M	3,054	$14K	1
Nov 9-11	2	$24.0M	-44.8%	$80.4M	3,059	$8K	2
Nov 16-18	3	$12.9M	-46.4%	$100.7M	3,110	$4K	3
Nov 23-25	8	$9.0M	-30.0%	$115.6M	2,799	$3K	4
Nov 30-Dec 2	11	$4.3M	-52.7%	$121.7M	2,699	$2K	5
Dec 7-9	12	$2.5M	-40.5%	$125.6M	2,132	$1K	6
Dec 14-16	14	$1.1M	-57.4%	$127.6M	1,215	$890	7
Dec 21-23	22	$342K	-68.4%	$128.5M	459	$744	8
Dec 28-30	23	$295K	-13.8%	$129.0M	307	$959	9
Jan 4-6	24	$260K	-11.7%	$129.5M	327	$795	10
Jan 11-13	29	$175K	-32.8%	$129.8M	282	$619	11
Jan 18-20	36	$123K	-29.4%	$130.0M	213	$579	12
Jan 25-27	39	$101K	-18.6%	$130.1M	172	$584	13

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRidley Scott

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian

StarringDenzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal

StudioUniversal Pictures